Kitty Murtagh’s capitalizes on big inning to beat Bamboozlers

With a consistent offensive attack and sound defense, Kitty Murtagh’s topped the Bamboozlers 14-2 at Tom Nevers last Friday night in rec league softball action.

Kitty’s (2-0) put up eight runs in the bottom of the third inning on eight singles and three walks to break the game open. They had runners on in every inning, scoring once in the second, fourth and sixth and three times in the fifth.

“After the first-inning jitters, we played extremely well. We played as a complete team, as we should. We were good defensively, we were very good hitting and it was an all-around team effort,” team manager Ed Chase said.

After winning their first game of the season 24-10 over the Coast Guard last week, the Bamboozlers (1-1) struggled to capitalize on their offensive opportunities. They had runners on base in every inning except the seventh, but could not drive them home to keep the score close.

“We have a lot of inexperienced players. We are just out here to have a good time. As always, Kitty’s is a fun team to play,” manager Sean Brackett said.

The Bamboozlers struck first. Kevin Kelly led off with a double to left and scored on an overthrow on the play to take the 1-0 advantage.

Kitty’s tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second. With two outs Joe Wright singled to right and moved to third on a single by Susan Hardy. Leo Cuello drove in Wright with a double to right center field.

The Bamboozlers re-took the lead at 2-1 in the top of the third. Kelly tripled to left and came home to score on a ground-out by Monica Lyons.

The back-and-forth battle came to a halt in the bottom of the third inning when Kitty’s posted an eight-spot on the scoreboard. Chase, Nick Torres, Christine Buchanan, Wright, Cuello, Celine Oviedo, Kristina Ransom and Rob Franceschi each had singles in the inning.

After opening the inning with back-to-back walks, Chase drove in Oviedo with a single, Lisa Henke drove in Ransom with a ground-out and Torres plated Chase with a single. Cuello had the big hit with a two-run single. The Bamboozlers got out of the inning with a line-out to shortstop with the bases loaded.

The Kitty’s defense took center stage for the rest of the game. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Bamboozlers’ Sean O’Neill tripled to the fence in left field, but on the next play, Ransom snagged a line drive at third base and picked off O’Neill straying from the bag. Ransom made five clean put-outs at the hot corner in the game.

Kitty’s kept the pressure on in the late innings. Torres tripled and scored on a single from Buchanan in the fourth and in the fifth Christian Cuello led off with a double and was the first of three runs to score in the inning.

For the Bamboozlers Kelly hit 2-for-3 with a double and a triple, Will Bergeron hit 2-for-3 with two singles. Jess Marabella hit a single in the second and Kevin Holdgate knocked a double in the fifth.

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